(25-03-2015 07:54 AM)earmuffs Wrote: Why is it that everyone seems to have it all sorted out? And yet here I am not getting it, what am I missing? Everyone else seems to have the perfect job, all the opportunities, the motivation and there I am slumped in my chair shooting virtual video game characters in the head and riding my push bike across the bridge every day thinking how easy it would be to jump off. I wouldn't of course because that means I would actually have to do something. I hate my life. I'm almost 24 and I have a bunch of debt, a half finished degree and no job (well, 7 hours a week stocking fucking shelves job...), that is the very definition of failure.

Dude. I look at it as you're not even 24 yet. You're in a tough spot, doesn't mean you're a life failure.

I'm just curious about why the fuck a guy as brilliant and contrary as you doesn't go back and do law school...

Whatcha gotta do to get to where you want to be?

Here, I'll make you an offer. You can marry me for the green card, I'll put you through law school, you become a rich attorney, and I'll hire a hot pool boy you can diddle while I vacation in Napa.

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(25-03-2015 07:54 AM)earmuffs Wrote: Why is it that everyone seems to have it all sorted out? And yet here I am not getting it, what am I missing? Everyone else seems to have the perfect job, all the opportunities, the motivation and there I am slumped in my chair shooting virtual video game characters in the head and riding my push bike across the bridge every day thinking how easy it would be to jump off. I wouldn't of course because that means I would actually have to do something. I hate my life. I'm almost 24 and I have a bunch of debt, a half finished degree and no job (well, 7 hours a week stocking fucking shelves job...), that is the very definition of failure.

Dude. I look at it as you're not even 24 yet. You're in a tough spot, doesn't mean you're a life failure.

I'm just curious about why the fuck a guy as brilliant and contrary as you doesn't go back and do law school...

Whatcha gotta do to get to where you want to be?

Here, I'll make you an offer. You can marry me for the green card, I'll put you through law school, you become a rich attorney, and I'll hire a hot pool boy you can diddle while I vacation in Napa.

I doubt you'll get a better offer than that, 'Muffs.

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(25-03-2015 07:54 AM)earmuffs Wrote: Why is it that everyone seems to have it all sorted out? And yet here I am not getting it, what am I missing? Everyone else seems to have the perfect job, all the opportunities,...

"seems" is the operative word there. I don't think I've ever met anybody has it all sorted out. Some are closer than others, and many fake it well, but few are even close to having it all sorted out.

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I have the rest of the week off, and I've been trying to schedule people to come give us estimates to replace the sewer line, and to pave our driveway. I HATE doing this kind of shit!

One of the sewer companies said they can give me a rough estimate, but if I want an actual number they are going to charge $250 to measure everything, but if we decide to use them, that fee goes toward the cost of repair. Fine, ok, whatever. They'll call me with the estimate. Still no call back

Driveway company #1 told me last week that he can't give me a time that he'll be there to do the estimate, but he'll make sure to come out and measure everything. I say that's fine, but I'm home on Friday, so I'd like you to come that day if you can. I get a call today, he's at my house. He wants to just measure and quote a price. I tell him it'd be nice if we could meet, and talk about the job in case we have any questions so that we can decide if we want to use him for the work. He says he just can't do that because he never knows when he'll be done with a job, and if he had to run around to meet with people at certain times or on certain days he'd never get anything done. Fine then, fuck off. How do you book any jobs if you can't even set a time to meet with clients??!?!?!

Driveway guy #2 calls, we talk a bit, I give him the address, we set up an appointment. I get a voicemail the very next day saying he got a message that we want to do the driveway, and that he'd like to call and set up an appointment, and get my address. Are you fucking kidding me?

It's not like I am not already up to my ass in alligators at work. With everything I have to do along with new things implemented by my new boss since January and the fact that the girl who is supposed to provide minimal clerical assistance is a dipshit, a new fun thing has come along.

Dipshit is the owners' (yeah mommy and daddy) daughter. She basically gets paid a pretty good sum of money for not much of anything. She is also young, single, and pregnant. Baby daddy is hanging around the office a lot and sucking up big time to Dipshit's dad.

I walk in through Dipshit's office today and baby daddy says, so Dipshit's dad says you are a Quickbooks expert. I said that I have used it for a long, long time and know my way around pretty well. He says that Dipshit's dad said I would teach him how to use Quickbooks. I asked if he had any bookkeeping or accounting experience. He says no.

Swell.

Dipshit's dad then comes to my office and says that he hears I am going to teach baby daddy how to use Quickbooks. He's helping him open a bistro on the first floor of the building we are in. And it really shouldn't be hard to track inventory, sales, one employee...yadda, yadda, yadda....

FML

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